san francisco during the gold rush, abilene texas, cattle. and, of course, detroit during the hay day of the american automobile. all of those boom towns became wealthy in their time because they created something. this boom town comes from exstracketting it from the revs the country. boom town is something that no one in washington wants to talk about. when they do they tend to blame the other side. the reality is today in washington, d.c. the business is not politics. the business is money. >> sean: joining us now peters sweitzer. great work. good to see you. we are going to really open up a can of worms here tonight. >> yeah. >> all right. so washington, d.c., three of the wealthiest, what, counties in the country, seven of the top ten? >> yes, that's right. that's right. this is the thing that people don't realize about washington, d.c. we think of it as a seat of federal power. politics reign supreme. there is a business model there. and really what exists is what we call the permanent political class. we think of republicans and democra